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Year In, Year Out

The Gunboat Diplomats Posted on January 14, 2020 by The Gunboat DiplomatsJanuary 14, 2020

Time, once again, to look back at the past year’s ebbs and flows, ins and outs, and ups and downs…not to mention the perils and pitfalls, the sturm and drang, or the song and dance. As 2018 gave way to … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music | Tagged Bandwagon Network Radio, Big Blend Radio, Chasing The Essential, Field of Nightmares Radio, Glass, Indie Art South, Middle Tennessee Music, QCIndie.com, Retrosounds Radio, Roy Peak, The Rocking Magpie, The Vintage Music Blog

Take It In Stride

The Gunboat Diplomats Posted on December 8, 2019 by The Gunboat DiplomatsDecember 16, 2019

“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’” – – Alfred, Lord Tennyson In the passage above, Tennyson was echoing the optimistic tradition of remembering the past whilst looking ahead for better things … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music | Tagged List songs, Music, New year, Take It In, The Gunboat Diplomats

A Conglomeration Of Connected Concepts

The Gunboat Diplomats Posted on October 29, 2018 by The Gunboat DiplomatsOctober 29, 2018

In a recent interview in the elegantly appointed webzine The Nice Rooms, Gunboat Smith mentioned that our “song shop” model of musical production consisted of releasing individual songs that can stand alone as singles while thematically fitting into the collection … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Interview, Music | Tagged concept album, the nice rooms

Singing From The Same Songbook

The Gunboat Diplomats Posted on June 19, 2018 by The Gunboat DiplomatsJune 19, 2018

GBD was back at Zoe Tribe Studios recently putting the finishing touches on a couple of songs that will soon be unleashed on shocked and horrified listeners. One of them will be the first tune on a cumulative compilation of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music | Tagged Brill Buiilding, Motown, The Andantes, The Blossoms, The Sweet Inspirations

Showing You Who’s Bossa Nova

The Gunboat Diplomats Posted on March 20, 2018 by The Gunboat DiplomatsMarch 20, 2018

We were recently hunkered down in the embassy at Zoe Tribe Studios recording tracks for some new songs that will soon be cruelly inflicted on a totally unsuspecting public. In keeping with our endless quest to craft songs in wildly … Continue reading →

Posted in Gunboat Diplomat Music, History, Interview | Tagged Antônio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, Big Blend Radio, bossa nova, charlie byrd, Elvis Presley, Eydie Gormé, Field of Nightmares Radio, KBJB, Quincy Jones, Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66, stan getz, woody herman

The Joy of Sax and the Call Sign of the Times

The Gunboat Diplomats Posted on February 17, 2018 by The Gunboat DiplomatsFebruary 17, 2018

A gaggle of amiable ambassadors, creative consuls and various charming charge d’affaires recently gathered in the elegantly appointed embassy at Zoe Tribe Studios to make some of our notorious noise. While ensconced in our sturdy recording redoubt, we laid down … Continue reading →

Posted in Diplomatic Recognition, History, On The Radio | Tagged Big Indie Giant, Field of Nightmares Radio, From Texas and Beyond, KBJB

Right Place, Wrong Rhyme

The Gunboat Diplomats Posted on January 21, 2018 by The Gunboat DiplomatsJanuary 21, 2018

A “B” In Your Sonnet Recently, Kay Day at Indie Art South offered a quick analysis of our new songs, “I’m Not Going Back To Jacksonville” and “Beneath A Solemn Sky,” at one point comparing the closing line of the … Continue reading →

Posted in General, History, Music | Tagged Indie Art South, Shakespeare, Steve Allen

Novelty Items, Folk Tales, And History In The Making

The Gunboat Diplomats Posted on November 10, 2017 by The Gunboat DiplomatsNovember 10, 2017

Diplomats, dilettantes, deadbeats, and debutants. Welcome one and all. Here you will find some silly songs, remarkable recommendations, fine folk music, and hallowed historical factoids. Please keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle at all times. And away we … Continue reading →

Posted in Diplomatic Recognition, Gunboat Diplomat Music, History, On The Radio | Tagged Bandwagon Network Radio, Beneath A Solemn Sky, Eddie Golden, Howard Goodall, KBJB, Standup Guy, The Amoeba People, The Music Authority, The Story of Music, Tony Goldmark, WJKO
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